Re: MAC, Safari Web Browser, and error message

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From: Gregg Smith (SharePoint_MSDN_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 14:03:23 -0300

Netscape 6.2 for Mac is on there as well.
Can FireBird or a Mozilla browser work??? I haven't tried myself.

"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OFZt9bfMEHA.3216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I suppose it won't help to tell them that Safari isn't on the list of
> supported browsers.
>
> I can't remember the exact list but I think the only supported Mac browser
> is IE for Mac.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> WSS FAQ at wss.collutions.com
> Please post questions to the newsgroup only.
>
>
> "Jeff Koviack" <jkoviack@coe.no-ip.com> wrote in message
> news:u5#9OQfMEHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> I have several users (350) that use MAC OS X (10.3) and the majority of
> them
>> DEMAND (they are a ruley bunch) to use Safari.
>>
>> My test user received the following error:
>>
>> You are not authorized to view this page
>>
>> You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the
>> credentials
>> that you supplied because your Web browser is sending a WWW-Authenticate
>> header field that the Web server is not configured to accept.
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>> ----
>> Please try the following:
>>
>> *Contact the Web site administrator if you believe you should be able
>> to
>> view
>> this directory or page.
>> *Cl;ick the REFRESH button to try again with different credentials.
>>
>> HTTP Error 401.2 - Unauthorized: Acees is denied due to server
>> configuration.
>> Internet Information Services (IIS)
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>> ----
>> Technical inforamtion (for support personnel)
>>
>> *Go to Microsoft Product Supoort Services and perform a a title search
> for
>> the
>> words HTTP and 401
>> *Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and
>> search
>> for topics titled About Security, Authentication, and About Custom
>> Error Messages.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am able to get those users to authenticate when I use Basic
>> Authentication. Basic Authentication is not my personal favorite, so I
>> am
>> going to have to require the use of a Certificate and use SSL. The
> problem
>> with that is that MACs don't like self-signed certs, so I will either
>> have
>> to hope that my users are smart enough to say "yes" or visit each of the
> 350
>> workstations to import the certificate.
>>
>> Has anyone else had any experience with this? Anyone know of a way to
>> change the way Safari authenticates?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> /Jeff
>>
>>
>
>

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